James Peale
George Washington
Estimate: 400.000 - 600.000 USD
Price realised: 610.000 USD
Price realised: 610.000 USD
Description
James Peale1749 - 1831
GEORGE WASHINGTON
oil on canvas
36 by 27 inches
(91.4 by 68.6 cm)
Painted after 1787.
David C. Claypoole (brother-in-law of the artist), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (sold: Estate of David C. Claypoole, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 1850) | James Lenox, New York (acquired at the above sale) | The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations, 1876 (gift from the above; sold: Sotheby's, New York, November 30, 2005, lot 6, illustrated) | Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
GEORGE WASHINGTON
oil on canvas
36 by 27 inches
(91.4 by 68.6 cm)
Painted after 1787.
David C. Claypoole (brother-in-law of the artist), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (sold: Estate of David C. Claypoole, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 1850) | James Lenox, New York (acquired at the above sale) | The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations, 1876 (gift from the above; sold: Sotheby's, New York, November 30, 2005, lot 6, illustrated) | Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
The work George Washington by James Peale was sold in the American Art auction at Sothebys in New York in May 2015. Here, the upper estimate of USD 600,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for USD 610,000.00 (€ 554,848.10). Other works by James Peale have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of USD 785,000.00 (€ 743,230.45) in November 2015 for the work Vegetables: Still Life.
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Die Arbeit George Washington von James Peale wurde im Mai 2015 in der Auktion American Art bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von USD 600.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für USD 610.000,00 (€ 554.848,10) einen neuen Besitzer. Andere Arbeiten von James Peale haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von USD 785.000,00 (€ 743.230,45) im November 2015 für die Arbeit Vegetables: Still Life beobachtet.
James Peale - Auction history
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